Community Councils

Community Councils are made up of people who care about their community and want to make it a better place to live. You can access a list of current Community Councils in Fife here.

As well as representing the community, Community Councils facilitate activities which promote their communities and bring local people together to help make things happen. For more information click here.

Community councils are elected every 4 years. The last community council elections took place on 4 October 2018 with the exception of St Andrews, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday 21 March, 2019.

Elections for those areas that don’t currently have a Community Council will also take place on the same day should residents submit a petition to re-establish one. Petitions have been received from Cairneyhill, Lochgelly and Strathkinness and therefore an election for each of those community councils will also take place on 21 March.

There are currently no active Community Councils in the following areas and, as yet, no petitions have been received:

Auchmuty & Woodside

Bennochy & Hayfield

Blairhall

Boarhills & Dunino

Carnbee & Arncroach

Carnock & Gowkhall

Coaltown of Wemyss

Collessie

Crombie

Glenwood

Headwell

Izatt Avenue & Netherton

Kirkcaldy East

Kirkcaldy North

Largoward

Leven

Methil

Methilhill

Moonzie

South Parks & Rimbleton

Templehall

West Wemyss

Windygates

If anyone is interested in re-establishing any of these Community Councils they will need to organise a petition and get it signed by 20 electors (people who are on the electoral register) from the community council area.

The petition should be submitted to the Head of Democratic Services, Fife Council, Fife House, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT by Friday 18 January, 2019 at the latest. A template petition is available here.

Please note that, if you are not currently registered to vote but wish to stand for election, or propose or second someone else to stand, then you need to register to vote by Thursday 10 January 2019. You can register to vote online at the Government Individual Electoral Registration website www.gov.uk/registertovote

2018

76 Community Councils received sufficient nominations to reform without a poll but two Community Councils, Kettle and St Monans, Abercrombie & District, received more nominations than there are vacancies. Postal ballots were held in these areas and the results were as follows:

Kettle

Candidate Name

No. of votes cast

Coates, James

157

Donaldson, Kenneth

230

Donaldson, Susan Carol

208

Duncan, Isobel Brown

230

Grubb, William (Bill)

194

Morgan, Evelyn Mary Westwater

144

Murdoch, Gordon Andrew

189

Preston, Angela

110

Pullar, David Hain

264

Samson, Charles

267

Sinclair, Jacqui

135

The following people were duly elected to Kettle Community Council:

1 SAMSON, Charles

2 PULLAR, David Hain

3 DONALDSON, Kenneth

3 DUNCAN, Isobel Brown

5 DONALDSON, Susan Carol

6 GRUBB, William (Bill)

7 MURDOCH, Gordon

8 COATES, JamesAndrew

9 MORGAN, Evelyn Mary Westwater

10 SINCLAIR, Jacqui

Number of Ballot Papers Issued: 1117

Number of Ballot Paper Returned: 389

Number of Ballot Paper Rejected: 0

Percentage Vote: 34.83%

St Monans

Candidate Name

No. of votes cast

Ashworth, Marjory Jean

256

Bell, Gordon Robert Hunter

112

Bland, Victor Raymond

177

Bridges, Stuart

157

Buchan, William

160

Collier, Stephen

140

Copland, Peter Murray

163

Hogsden, Christopher

125

Ironside, Helen

216

Mayes, Alexandra Porteous Lothian

115

Morris, William Wood

291

Riding, Philip

117

Salvage, Vicki

224

Syme, Morven

230

The following people were duly elected to St Monans Community Council: